Holiday Beach Conservation Area
Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 04, 2016
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Turkey Vulture 325 1433 1880
Osprey 1 2 65
Bald Eagle 5 18 134
Northern Harrier 15 37 329
Sharp-shinned Hawk 121 1123 5135
Cooper's Hawk 20 52 144
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 7 13 13
Broad-winged Hawk 7 34 6099
Red-tailed Hawk 41 75 227
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 0 0
American Kestrel 16 92 1013
Merlin 0 2 89
Peregrine Falcon 3 4 26
Unknown Accipiter 1 1 3
Unknown Buteo 0 1 6
Unknown Eagle 0 0 1
Unknown Falcon 1 2 4
Unknown Raptor 0 0 0
Swainson's Hawk 0 0 1
Total: 563 2889 15169
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Observation start time: 07:00:00
Observation end time: 15:00:00
Total observation time: 8 hours
Official Counter: Sean Jenniskens
Observers: Bob Hall-Brooks, Jim McCoy, Kory Renaud, Michael Williamson,
Natasha Barlow
Visitors:
Yesterday's couple from Ohio were back again today before heading home, and
were able to watch the Peregrine Falcon go after the Blue Jay with us.
Weather:
Mostly clear skies, and very light winds between the NE to the S.
Raptor Observations:
Not as good of a day as yesterday, but it was fairly steady. Sharp-shinned
Hawks, and Turkey Vultures were again the most numerous. 41 Red-tailed
Hawks was a decent count, and 7 each of Broad-winged and Red-shouldered. 3
Peregrine Falcons. The highlight was one of the adult Peregrines knocking a
Blue Jay into the pond below the tower, and all were able to watch the
Peregrine make a number of close passes down over the water trying to pick
up the jay, which it was eventually able to do.
Non-raptor Observations:
Not quite as much migration as yesterday, but birds were still moving!
22,400 Blue Jays, 735 Red-winged Blackbirds, 46 Yellow-rumped
Warblers(Myrtle), and 36 other individual Warblers. For the full eBird
checklist, go to http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S31894302 3 each of
Black Saddlebags and Green Darners, and 22 Monarchs were counted.
Predictions:
Mainly sunny with moderate South winds all day.
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Report submitted by Sean Jenniskens ([email protected])
Holiday Beach Conservation Area information may be found at:
http://hbmo.ca/
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